Chapter 7 - Answers and New Guests

Zachary POV:

(Flashback to time where Dino’s father arrives at the mansion where Dino lives. Ps: this is before he meets Storm.)

I wanted to kill him on the spot. I just want him to feel the plain that I felt and still do when I was taken away from my beautiful baby boy and if I am correct my three babies. I hate that he is living without consequences. I want to hurt him but I can't do it right now. I have other things to do.

After seeing Dino's father at the mansion I grew anxious but I knew that Timothy and the other guards which I presume are Storm’s friends from the beginning and now will protect anyone in the house that they seemed to protect with their lives. I have seen it before when we were in high school. Storm was having a problem with bullying which was way before she grew her confidence and her ways of standing up for herself with her fists and mind. Timothy, one of my friends, in elementary stood up for Storm who was bleeding from cuts and a bloody nose from the beating she had received a few minutes back. He pulled Storm away from the beating to see if she was really hurt because if she wasn’t pulled away then the situation would have been a lot worse. Storm was a tomboy and she was pansexual. People hated how she dated girls or people who were different. In this school people accept you just the way you are but that changed when the rumors began to unravel. Timothy beat the crap out of the people who bullied Storm and threatened them if they hurt her or even tried talking to her then their lives would be in his hands. Timothy did not care if he died or ended up in prison all he cared if Storm was okay and healthy.

Storm was like a sister to him. Nobody knew about her dating Kody. She wasn’t attracted to anyone in school so we really didn’t question why she wasn’t getting laid but I guess she fooled us all. The rumors started in 8th grade and lasted all the way through the end of high school but, even when we finished high school the problem never really went away. People still talk about today when they know I am listening. They know who I am and nobody cares that people are listening. They seem happy when talking about the subject. That night the Storm was ruined. I have no idea how she is still living after all the trauma she went through. I don't have time to be here. I have to get my stuff from the market and get back to work soon.

(Back to the present where he meets Storm)

“Long time no see,” she says as she turns around, revealing a baby bump. SHE’S PREGNANT!

I statre her bump which seems like hours until. I hear footsteps coming my way. I then feel pain on my face. She smacked me?!

“Are done staring yet,” she asks with coldness. Is she mad at me?

I pry my eyes off her belly and see she has a warm smile on her face. Is she bipolar? First she was cold, now she is okayish and happy.

“Yes, I am bipolar,” she replies while looking behind her, which are 4 guards. She does a hand signal with her hand and all the guards seem to leave back to the car she was about to leave in.

“Let’s talk somewhere,” she added before she took out her phone and it had seemed she texted someone.

“Yes, I texted someone. I texted the main bodyguard Butcher to tell him that I was going to take a walk by myself. He is going to follow us around.”

“How do you know what I am thinking,” I ask as I cross my arms.

She replies with a chuckle, “you know how supernatural there is in this world?”

“Yeah why,” I asked in confusion.

“I am supernatural. I have always been. Since my first time being close to the age 25. It is probably in the year of 1050. I don’t really know.”

“Damn, you're old.”

She punched my arm which hurt and she walked which i followed, I wonder where was Kody? Is he at home? Working?

Out of curiosity I asked, “How’s Kody?”

“Kody….is dead,” she replied with a sad frown and it had seemed she was close to crying but she was keeping it in.

“What? How? I am sorry for your loss Storm.” I started to go near her, which surprised her and gave her a big hug. She started to sniffle but then realized what I was doing. She pulled back and said, “It’s okay.”

“Before you ‘died’ I got pregnant with Koby and gave birth to a beautiful baby Kimora. Right now, she is close to 2 years old. Kimora looks like her dad.”

After she told me the death of Koby and the Birth of Kimora I had to ask. I was curious and I had to ask to keep me at peace. “Who is the father or mother of the three boys that live or something with Dino?”

“You have seen him,” she asks with seriousness.

“Yeah, why,” I asked in hesitation.

“Just wondering. Well…Dino was pregnant. He had three boys or who can say triplets after you were called out dead. Dino is the mother and you are the father. I got a call from Dino saying something about a package and informing me that he told the boys found out part of the truth. They know you are their father and that Dino gave birth to them. They also know that you're dead but they don’t know how.”

Wow, I was shocked. My boys knew that I was dead but they didn't know how. What are their names?

“I can read your mind or I can say people’s minds. It is rare to find someone who I can't read their minds at all. The oldest is Dimitri or Dimitrus, the second oldest is Damien and the youngest of the three is Danny.”

Dimitrus,Damien and danny? Those are the names th-

“Yes, those are the names that you talked to him about when we were still in high school.”

“I have a question. Why did he get married to Ashline?”

“He was forced. He never wanted to, but his father told him that he was not going to support him at all if he didn't. Or he was going to kill the triplets with him watching. He had no choice but to obey.”

“If Koby is dead, who is the baby daddy?”

She sighed and looked at me in the eyes that showed nothing. “You can’t get mad at me .” I nodded.

“The father is Dino’s father.”

I was shocked but I wasn’t angry.

‘Explain.”

Dino POV:

The packages were on my mind. I didn’t have anything else in mind other than those boxes and the envelope. It’s been a few hours since I left the mansion with the boys. Over the hours since we left I had a feeling to call Storm. I didn’t know why, but I just did. The boys were currently playing on the playground. Dimitri was playing with a boy. Dimitri was playing soccer and usually they would have a break a couple times to talk and use the swings. The boy was a couple years older but only a few like 2 or 3 years older. The boy has brown hair which looks like dark black hair, the boy has hazel eyes, the boy is also wearing all black with a little bit of blue and gold. The colors were interesting but they also seemed familiar when it came to a mafia family. I just chuckled it off and kept looking at the unknown boy who seemed really familiar.

Damien was talking to a boy as well but he seemed to be really close. They were holding hands and Damien was blushing as the other boy seemed to be whispering things in his ear. They were on top of the bars. When I looked for Danny he was nowhere to be seen. I was terrified. My boys are my everything. I yelled to Dimitri and Damien, “Boys, do you know where Danny is?!”

“No mommy!”

I reply back, “Stay where you are Danny wandered off.”

“Need help mamma,” Dimitri asked with sternness.

“No baby. Just keep an eye on Damien,” I reply as I point towards Damien and the unknown older boy.

Dimitri nods and I run yelling for Danny to come back. “DANNY!”

“DANNY!” I keep yelling over and over again but nothing is being said back. I keep yelling until I stumble upon a man. He seemed to be worried. He was yelling, “Vincenzo!” “Valentino!”

He then looks at me and runs over. “Have you seen my boys?” I reply unsure, “I don’t know. Do you have a picture?”He takes out his wallet and shows me two small familiar boys. It was the boys that were hanging out with my boys. I reply, “yes, those boys are hanging around with my sons at the playground. But, I have a question have you seen my son?”

“Do you have a picture?”

I take a picture out of my wallet and show him. He gasps and replies with a warm smile, “Your son went to the bathroom. He said he got lost. He was chasing a butterfly and lost his way. He had to urgently use the bathroom, so I showed him the way.”

As I was about to leave he called out, “Wait…I’m new here. I don't know where the playground is located. Can you help me?”

“Of course. I just need my son back. My sons will keep your sons safe until we get back.” He replied hesitatingly, “How do you know that?”

“My sons are trained to protect people. Also, they are trained in arms and fists. Self defense.”

He sighed and told me okay, not entirely sure. As we were about to go to the bathroom I got a call that it was from Timothy. I answered the phone as we continued to walk. “What is it Timothy?”

“Your father is here. He is asking for you. He wants to talk about the b*tch.”

“On my way.I will be there in 30 minutes.”

I ran to the bathroom. As I was about to enter, Danny stepped out.

“Mamma, butterfly,chasing and had to pee really bad,” he tried explaining between his sobs.

I hug him tightly and tell him it is okay.

“”I am not mad. Let's go.”

The unknown man, I and Danny ran to the playground but we were shocked by the view that we had received when we arrived. The four boys were kissing each other. Dimitri was with a boy and Damien was with a boy. They were still at the same spots where I last saw them. I went towards the boys and we stopped them kissing each other any further. As we took the both pairs, the unknown man's sons were yelling ‘mine’ and trying to grab Dimitri and Damien. By the time they were yelling ‘mine’ I knew what they meant. We are werewolves so mostly all werewolves find their mates and let’s just say Dimitri and Danny did but a little too early. The males and females tend to find their mates when they are 14-16 years old, not 2-5 years old. And all four of them were glowing from their eyes. It was their wolves signaling that they had found their mates. What am I going to do?

As we handled our kids I said, “What is your phone number?”

The unknown man gives me his number with no hesitation. “What is your name? Where do you live? Why are you here? What are you supernaturally?”

“What?”

“When wolves find their mates their eyes turn gold. Both of your son's eyes turned gold. What are you? Your sons have a smell of something else and you are not a werewolf.”

“To answer your question I am not from here. I am from Italy. “

“Italy……What are you doing here?!”

“Business trip. Please you can’t tell anyone I am here.”

“To late. I read minds and I can tell when someone is lying. Answer this question carefully. What is your name and title.”

“He sighs and replies with a shy smile, “I am Valentine Ramierz . I am the Don of the five families of the Italian mafia. These are my children, the one with the hazel eyes in Vincenzo and the one with blue and green eyes is Valentino.”

“You're not lying. Plus I know what the Don looks like. I just wanted to make sure you wouldn't lie to me but I know I could be wrong. I am Dino Mailianno.The next don of the Russian mafia. My sons are Dimitri the oldest who has hazel eyes, Damien the second oldest he has blue eyes and Danny the youngest he has green eyes.”

“Now, what are you?”

He sighs again and reveals that he is a vampire hybrid. ‘Vampire hybrid. Vampire scent outmatches the wolf. I am a wolf and a vampire.’

I nod and tell him to follow me. He does and I told him and I get something out of my car. To make sure his family does not get in trouble while being here I get a jacket that used to belong to Zachary and get two small jackets for the boys. The jackets contained the mafia symbol and name. People will know not to mess with you and they were real so people wouldn’t suspect that you are a fraud.

He gasps but tries to say something but I stop him and add, “These jackets will help you when you cross the ways of Russia. Keep these on when you are not wearing the jackets,” going back to my driver seat reveals 3 necklaces of the same thing as the jacket but different. It is a symbol of a R and a M with a Serpent going between them, “These necklaces will protect you when you don't have the jacket but keep these jackets safe no matter what and here is my phone number.” I give Valentine my card and he nods in agreement.

Valentine, Vincenzo and Valentino put on jackets and necklaces and we parted our ways. It was difficult to leave without the boys going back to each other. When we finally got to settle down we drove away. The boys and I dropped by the ice cream shop and we continued our way back home. We only had 10 minutes to go back to the house but really only needed 5 minutes. As 5 minutes seemed like a very short ride it was actually a long ride. I haven't seen my father in over 2 years.

Soon later we arrived at the house and entered the gate and one of my bodyguards took my car to put it in the garage. I entered the house and felt the strong dark aura in the house. I told the boys to go to Dimitri’s room without anyone seeing them, no questions asked. I heard my father talking. I got closer to the voice he said, “Where is Dino?”

Timothy was about to talk but, I interfered, and replied with sternness, “I am here. What do you want?”

“Where have you been Dino,” he asked with coldness and clearly sounded irritated.

With the same amount of coldness but more strength I replied with an eye roll, “Where have you been?”

“I have been around. YOU?”

“I have been out with my sons.”

As he was about to speak again when a phone started ringing. It was his. He answered it and as he was about to leave he said, “What Ashline did was terrible. She should have never said that. I'm proud of you for standing up for your kids and family. I might never understand but, I am trying to understand son. Someone is helping. I am soon going to divorce your mother. It’s better this way.”

“Wait…Why d-divorce?”

“I’ve found my mate. We met in a previous life but got separated. I love her.”

“Is she the girl in the rumors?”

“Yes. Bye son. Tell your mother I said hello. I regret what I did with Zachary but, son soon you will be happy again to your fullest.

When i torturing Zachary I made a way so he would not feel pain. Him and I made a deal before his ‘death’. I love you.”

Before I could talk again he ran.

I was angry when he mentioned Zachary. He had no right to say his name but, it seemed he changed his ways to a certain extent. Timothy was shocked and so was I. The last time he told me that he loved me was when I was five. That was before i told him I was Gay. I was six when I told him the truth. It was my birthday. He got pissed and told me I would grow out of it but he was dead wrong. I was happy and angry but he is my father no matter what. I still love him after everything. After my mom died of a car crash he was the only one that was with. Even after I told him he would really give me those glares of hatred. Sure, he would tell his friends about me being gay but if something would touch me as a tease for being gay he would hurt them. He would still protect me no matter what. He wouldn’t tell me he loved me but I know he did and still does. I know he just tryna protect me . I don’t blame him. He thought Zachary was like Jason. But, he was wrong and he knew that. Now, he has to live with guilt. Jason was a mistake. But, even though he hurt me, he made me what I am today. A survivor. A warrior.

As he left I didn't really realize that Ashline was glaring at me. I didn’t care. We only have an hour until the guests arrive. “Timothy we have to talk. It's About what happens before I left and what happened when I was out with the boys.”

I could see that he grew concerned because of his facial expression. He nodded and as we were about to leave for my office one of my guards that are inside the house guarding the front door came to me and gave me a package. “Boss, before your father left he gave me this package. I ran it through the scanner and database and it wasn't anything dangerous. It seems to be a letter or something. We are not sure.”

“Thanks Juan. You can go back to work now,” I replied with a smile and bowed as a response and left.

I carried the package. It was huge but it didn’t seem heavy. We went to my office and I opened my office. I was the only one with the key except Timothy, Amaya and Storm. Storm barely uses it but uses it only when she is babysitting. We always hide our keys and try not to let anyone near them. We don’t let anyone have them. Only use three keys with the fewer people the better. My office holds really important information.

I locked the door of my office as we entered and grabbed the packages I had received in the morning before I left.

The two packages I had received were similar in size but they were different in weight. I opened the one with the least amount of weight and when I opened the package the first thing I saw was a note. I say out loud ,

“Dear babies,

When Writing this letter I don't know your names. I may not know you but, I love you. If you are my kids because I don’t know then I wanna say that you are my whole world. I will try to find a way to get you guys, me and mommy back together again. Daddy did something really bad.I made a deal with the devil. Your grandfather. He helped me even though he hurt me. I don't blame him. Don’t be mad at mommy. I love you. My name is Zachary. My new name to not cause a lot of attention is Isaak Adrian Nicolai. No one can know who I am except You guys, Mommy, Timothy and other trustful friends. Like Aunty Storm. I love you. I Love you too mommy(Dino). Tell Mom I love her.

Sincerely,

Daddy

I’ll meet you guys soon. Stay safe and healthy. Here are some presents to choose what you like.”

I put the letter back into the envelope and checked what was inside the box. There were earrings for all kids, bracelets, necklaces, nail polish, mini stuffed animals, blankets and a frame. The frame contained a picture of me and Zachary. I remember that day. I got the frame and hugged it tightly. It was the day that he was tortured. It was the last day I saw him. I did not realize I was crying. I want him back. He’s alive. It’s his handwriting. And his signature is the same. I helped him with the signature and all of it’s smallest details. No one can copy it. No one. I put everything and closed it back up. As I was about to open the heavy one the doorbell rang and I heard cars and motorcycles driving in the driveway. I then heard Amaya yell, “Boss, they are here!”

The boys were ready and so was I. Let’s get this party started. What I didn't know was that I was going to meet the love of my life and a special someone.